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PEOPLE vs. Ernesto M. Perez

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES vs. ERNESTO M. PEREZ Y MENDOZA

G.R. No. L-38719 | 1980-10-10

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Ernesto Perez appealed from the decision of the Court of First Instance of Manila, convicting him of rape, sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and ordering him to pay the offend woman, Erlinda Velasquez, moral damages amounting to ten thousand pesos (Criminal Case No. 13634).

It is undisputed that in the early morning of March 14, 1973 accused Perez, 36, had sexual intercourse with Erlinda Velasquez, 22 (four times according to him, three times according to her) in Room 4 of the New Manila Restaurant and Hotel, located at 2015 Claro M. Recto Avenue (Azcarraga), corner Lepanto Street, Manila.

Erlinda, a...